as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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Recent Examples of shack
There were many memories made there and the grandchildren loved their time at the deer shack.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That’s when detectives by chance discovered the gambling shack nearby.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Better placement could also help camouflage the shack and Marshall hoped to find a cost-effective solution for Dish that would also be acceptable to the community.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Originally Chimney Creek Fishing Camp, the shack was born with a table here and there, for a few days a week.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That’s when detectives by chance discovered the gambling shack nearby.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Better placement could also help camouflage the shack and Marshall hoped to find a cost-effective solution for Dish that would also be acceptable to the community.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Originally Chimney Creek Fishing Camp, the shack was born with a table here and there, for a few days a week.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for shack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shack
Noun
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There’s a massage hut on the adults-only side of the beach that’s calling your name.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And 95-year-old David Schecter survived not one, but two extermination camps.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But what played out next within Alpine’s camp was not discussed with Komatsu.—
Madeline Coleman,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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It's said to heat the cabin twice as quickly with half the power consumption of the old heat pump.—
Tim Stevens,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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Hoekstra has a Brazilian customer who commissioned a recent 133-footer with an asymmetrical lower deck for two extra guest cabins.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shack. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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